World

This article is part of The Week‘s 20th anniversary section, looking back at how the world has changed since our first issue was published in April 2001. Twenty years ago...

MOSCOW — The Russian state penitentiary service said Monday a decision has been made to transfer imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger...

Twelve of football’s most powerful clubs faced accusations of greed and cynicism on Monday as they announced a breakaway European Super League that could have far-reaching implications for the game....

The vast nation of 1.3 billion people reported a record high of 273,810 infections on Monday, the fifth consecutive day of more than 200,000 cases. In Delhi – the worst-hit...

Asian markets rose on Monday after recovery hopes for the coronavirus-battered US economy fuelled another round of record highs on Wall Street to close last week’s trade. Both the Dow...

President Emmanuel Macron urged a change in French law after a man who murdered a Jewish woman in 2017 avoided a trial on the grounds he acted in delirium due...

Japan has urged Myanmar authorities to release a Japanese journalist in custody at a Yangon prison, one of at least 65 reporters arrested during the junta’s crackdown on anti-coup protests....

Australians and New Zealanders are free to travel from one country to the other for the first time in more than a year, as the world’s first major COVID-19 “travel...

A suspected rhino poacher was killed in an elephant stampede at a South African national park on Saturday, officials said. The man was among three suspected poachers spotted by rangers...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Elation marked the opening Monday of a long-anticipated travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand. The start of quarantine-free travel was a relief for families who...